AMORTIZATION

[DEEPAK SHARMA]

X is manufacturer of plastics moulding products and Y is buyer of X. Y is regular procuring goods from X. once a day Y approached X for a new products, X told to Y that for this producys we needed mould.

Y got agree with X and said that you have insfrastucture for production of mould, you (x) please make a mould for this products and shipped us the said mould with charging excise duties.

X produced mould for that product, and shipped on excise invoice and charged appropriate excise duty at the rate of 12.36 percent  from Y and deposite the same and shown in ER-1.

Further Y Send the same mould to the X for further manufacturing of that products for which it was prepared on job work challan.

Excise Audit held and officer is asking duty on die cost. under valuaation act.

Please advice us.    

 

[Santosh Mali]

In above scenario transaction is divided in two independent parts:-

1. Procurement of tools by customer

2. Supply of Tools on FOC Basis for further manufacture.

As in first transsaction ED is paid by X and credit is availed by Y

In second Transaction Y has provided FOC tools to X for further manufacture of components, hence notional value of such tools needs to be added to Assessable Value for calculating Excise Duty as per Rule 6 of Central Excise Valuation Rules 2000.

[Guest]

If you have given mold as well as raw-material for processing to the job-worker and the components processed and supplied are used in further manufacturing of the product on which excise duty is paid then there is no question of amortisation.

However, if you supplied mold and the supplier is going to use his own raw material and supplying you components, then, he needs to add die amortisation cost per piece depending on the life of the mold.

AI Summary

Excise Duty Dispute: Experts Debate Duty on Mold Costs and Amortization in Manufacturing Transactions X, a manufacturer of plastic molding products, created a mold for Y, a regular buyer, and charged excise duty on it. Y then sent the mold back to X for further manufacturing. During an excise audit, an officer questioned the duty on the die cost. One expert advised that the transaction involves two parts: procurement and supply of tools, with the notional value of tools needing to be added to the assessable value for excise duty calculation. Another expert noted that if the mold and raw materials are provided for processing, there is no need for amortization unless the supplier uses their own materials.